Non-uniform crystallinity and temperature distribution during adjacent laser-assisted tape winding process of carbon/PA12 pipes

The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, vol. 111, pp. 3063–3082

Abstract

Abstract The non-uniform temperature and crystallinity distributions present in carbon fiber–reinforced PA12 composite pipes, produced via laser-assisted tape winding (LATW), are investigated in this paper. The width of the laser source is usually larger than the substrate width which causes multiple heating and cooling of some regions of the (neighboring) substrate and hence temperature and crystallinity gradients during the adjacent hoop winding. A kinematic-optical-thermal (KOT) model coupled with a non-isothermal crystallinity model is developed to capture the transient temperature and crystallinity distributions for growing substrate thickness and width. The predicted temperature trends are validated with thermocouple and thermal camera measurements. The substrate temperature varies in the width direction up to 52%. This will lead to extra polymer remelting and possible degradation. The maximum variation of the crystallinity degree across the width is found to be 270% which shows agreement with the trend of the measured crystallinity degree. It is found that a more realistic description of the melting behavior of the matrix is needed to obtain a more accurate prediction of the crystallinity distribution.

Authors 6

1. Seyed Mohammad Amin Hosseini

   University of Twente

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   Faculty of Engineering Technology, Chair of Production Technology, University of Twente, NL-7500AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

2. Martin Schäkel Aachen Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT

   Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT

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   Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, Steinbachstraße 17, 52074, Aachen, Germany

3. İsmet Baran corresponding

   University of Twente

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   Faculty of Engineering Technology, Chair of Production Technology, University of Twente, NL-7500AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

4. Henning Janssen Aachen Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT

   Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT

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   Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, Steinbachstraße 17, 52074, Aachen, Germany

5. Martin van Drongelen

   University of Twente

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   Faculty of Engineering Technology, Chair of Production Technology, University of Twente, NL-7500AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

6. Remko Akkerman

   University of Twente

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   Faculty of Engineering Technology, Chair of Production Technology, University of Twente, NL-7500AE, Enschede, The Netherlands